But in this case, the moniker is more than justified.
Bonhams’ Legends of the Road Sale on Friday (19 February) gathers together an exclusive group of exceptional motor cars created by some of the greatest automotive marques.
Bonhams’ flagship saleroom in New Bond Street will host the live and online sale, featuring renowned auctioneer James Knight at the rostrum, with remote bidding via bonhams.com or the new Bonhams app.
Here are the five key motoring masterpieces going under the hammer:
1937 Bugatti Type 57S
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In pole position is one of the world’s most valuable - and one of the fastest - pre-war motor cars, a 1937 Bugatti Type 57S, owned by the likes of Sir Malcolm Campbell, of the ‘Bluebird’ world land speed records fame.
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Donald Malcolm Campbell, British land and water speed record breaker. 1921 - 1967 Someone in my family is going to get the chop. I pray God it s not me, but if it is, I hope I m going ruddy fast at the time.
Like father, like son. Donald Campbell was one of the old-fashioned heroes, taking after his father in the pursuit of sheer speed on both land and lake. Between them, Malcolm and Donald broke eleven world records on water and ten on land.
Donald was born in Horley, Surrey, on 23rd March, 1921. His father, Sir Malcolm Campbell had been a racing driver and speedster for years, and despite being apparently distant from his son, nonetheless instilled in him a drive to succeed against all odds. Donald was an energetic and excitable boy, once described as rambunctious ; he was also intensely curious, and loved tinkering with things. He admired and even worshipped his father, but was not above profiting from the hero worship of others; at the age of eight, he was making a tidy pr
Two WW2 staff cars for sale with H&H Classics
Campbell-Formy Staff Car.
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.- For sale by auction with H&H Classics at Duxford Imperial War Museum on Apruk 14th these two historically important WW2 staff cars both deserve a place in a military museum or a military collection.
A hands on director of Lincoln Cars Ltd, Sir Malcolm Campbell MBE kept Blue Bird K4 (his World Water Speed Record achieving boat) at the companys Brentford premises on Londons Great West Road. Well known to the senior Ford hierarchy on both sides of the Atlantic, he was able to secure a brand new, overseas market example of the Mercury Eight Series 99A upon its 1939 launch (Lincoln and Mercury were both Ford subsidiaries).
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